In an Investigations Division/OIOS interview with Mr. Trutschler during his detention in Germany, he argued that he had made the $200,000 payment in March 2002 to his successor, ostensibly as an investment in the singing career of the successor's daughter, and based on an agreement between the two to this effect dating back to the summer of 2001.
Trutschler durante su detención en Alemania, el Sr. Trutschler argumentó que había hecho el pago de 200.000 dólares en marzo de 2002 a su sucesor, en apariencia como inversión en la carrera de cantante de la hija del sucesor, y sobre la base de un acuerdo entre los dos en ese sentido que se remontaba al verano de 2001.